Season 3: Episode 9: Paulette Goodman

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🗓️ 14 December 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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As a Jewish child growing up in Nazi-occupied Paris, Paulette Goodman knew what it meant to be a despised minority. After the war, her family sought refuge in the U.S. But when Paulette found out that her child was gay, she discovered that there was another battle to be fought and won. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our ⁠Patreon community⁠. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I history
0:02.0	Eric here
0:03.0	A few months ago we launched Making Gay History's Patreon channel
0:06.0	a place where we're sharing new video interviews
0:09.0	Never Before Heard Clips from my archive
0:11.0	that didn't make it into the episodes and more.
0:14.0	If you're not a member of our Patreon community yet, I hope you'll join today.
0:18.4	Just $5 a month gets you access to these Making Gay History extras, and you'll support us as we work to bring LGBTQ history to life
0:26.1	through the voices of the people who lived it.
0:28.8	Find out more at Patreon.com slash Making Gay History. or go to making gay history
0:34.0	and click on the link in our home page banner and thank you so much.
0:38.0	I'm Eric Marcus and this is making gay history. I admit that I've got a soft spot for P- Flag parents.
1:00.0	P- Flag is the organization originally known as parents, families, and friends of lesbians and gays.
1:06.0	The first people I interviewed for my first book more than 30 years ago were a powerhouse P- Flag couple, Amy and Dick Ashworth.
1:14.0	And one of P- Flagsags founding mothers, Jean Manford,
1:17.0	was already one of my heroes long before I started work on my oral history book
1:21.0	about the LGBTQ Civil Rights movement. You can hear
1:24.3	Jean and her son, Mordy's story in our first season. So is it any wonder when I
1:29.6	met Paulette Goodman at a P- Flag fundraiser in San Francisco in 1989 that I fell for her hook, line,
1:36.4	and sinker.
1:37.8	And it wasn't just that Paulette was a P- Flag mom, it was her backstory that got to me too.
1:43.0	I was raised in a neighborhood in Queens, New York
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